Research Themes +
Energy Technologies Area (ETA) researchers are continually building on the strong scientific foundation we have developed over the past 50 years. We address the world’s most pressing climate challenges by bringing to market energy-efficient innovations across the buildings, transportation, and industrial sectors. ETA is at the forefront of developing better batteries for electric vehicles; improving the country's aging electrical grid and innovating distributed energy and storage solutions; developing grid-interactive, efficient buildings; and providing the most comprehensive market and data analysis worldwide for renewable technologies like wind and solar.
Strategic Initiatives +
The Energy Technologies Area (ETA) Strategic Plan is the guiding force for our research and development for the next ten years. It clearly charts a path toward clean-energy solutions and focuses on five detailed Strategic Initiatives. The Plan provides an in-depth look at how ETA is accelerating research to provide affordable, clean energy to all while accomplishing deep, economy-wide decarbonization, looking to avoid a rise in global average temperature while simultaneously developing solutions to increase humanity's resilience to extreme weather volatility.
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About Us +
The Energy Technologies Area (ETA) is unique in translating fundamental scientific discoveries into scalable technology adoption. Our approach combines an understanding of the marketplace and the role of state and federal regulation and policies. ETA's research drives real-world, practical results that affect and improve the everyday lives of Americans and those across the globe. Saving energy and battling the Climate Crisis are key to the foundation of our research, which is driven by technoeconomic analysis and in-lab experimentation and discovery.

Publications

Publications by Research Area

Demand Response

Electricity Markets & Policy

Energy Efficiency

Industrial Energy Analysis

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems

Publications by Division

Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

2011

Masanet, Eric R., Richard E. Brown, Arman Shehabi, Jonathan G. Koomey, and Bruce Nordman."Estimating the Energy Use and Efficiency Potential of U.S. Data Centers." (2011).

Masanet, Eric R., Richard E. Brown, Arman Shehabi, Jonathan G. Koomey, and Bruce Nordman."Estimating the Energy Use and Efficiency Potential of U.S. Data Centers." (2011).

Cheung, Hoi Ying (Iris), Alan K. Meier, and Richard E. Brown."Energy savings assessment for digital-to-analog converter boxes."Energy Policy 39.3 (2011) 1312-1317. DOI

2010

Lutz, James D., Peter J. Biermayer, Richard E. Brown, Alan K. Meier, James E. McMahon, and Energy Analysis Department."How to Make Appliance Standards Work: Improving Energy and Water Efficiency Test Procedures." (2010) 10.

Koomey, Jonathan G., Hashem Akbari, Carl Blumstein, Marilyn A. Brown, Richard E. Brown, Chris Calwell, Sheryl Carter, Ralph Cavanagh, Audrey Chang, David Claridge, Paul P. Craig, Richard C. Diamond, Joseph H Eto, William Fulkerson, Ashok J. Gadgil, Howard S. Geller, José Goldemberg, Charles A. Goldman, David B Goldstein, Steve E. Greenberg, David Hafemeister, Jeffrey P. Harris, Hal Harvey, Eric Heitz, Eric Hirst, Holmes Hummel, Daniel M. Kammen, Henry Kelly, John A. Laitner, Mark D. Levine, Amory Lovins, Gil Masters, James E. McMahon, Alan K. Meier, Michael Messenger, John Millhone, Evan Mills, Steven M. Nadel, Bruce Nordman, Lynn K. Price, Joseph J. Romm, Marc Ross, Michael Rufo, Jayant A. Sathaye, Leon J. Schipper, Stephen H. Schneider, James L. Sweeney, Malcolm Verdict, Diana Vorsatz, Devra Wang, Carl Weinberg, Richard Wilk, John Wilson, and Ernst Worrell."Defining a standard metric for electricity savings."Environmental Research Letters 5.1 (2010). DOI

2009

Sanchez, Marla C., Gregory K. Homan, Judy Lai, and Richard E. Brown."Calendar Year 2007 Program Benefits for U.S. EPA Energy Star Labeled Products: Expanded Methodology." (2009).

Masanet, Eric R., Klaas Jan Kramer, Gregory K. Homan, Richard E. Brown, and Ernst Worrell."Assessment of Supply Chain Energy Efficiency Potentials: A U.S. Case Study." (2009).

Masanet, Eric R., Klaas Jan Kramer, Gregory K. Homan, Richard E. Brown, and Ernst Worrell."Assessment of Household Carbon Footprint Reduction Potentials." (2009).

2008

Sanchez, Marla C., Gregory K. Homan, and Richard E. Brown."Calendar Year 2007 Program Benefits for ENERGY STAR Labeled Products." (2008).

Brown, Richard E., Sam Borgeson, Jonathan G. Koomey, and Peter J. Biermayer."U.S. Building-Sector Energy Efficiency Potential." (2008).

Homan, Gregory K., Marla C. Sanchez, and Richard E. Brown."Savings Estimates for the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Voluntary Product Labeling Program."2008 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2008).

Brown, Richard E., Eric R. Masanet, Bruce Nordman, William F. Tschudi, Arman Shehabi, John Stanley, Jonathan G. Koomey, Dale A. Sartor, and Peter T. Chan."Report to Congress on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency: Public Law 109-431." (2008).

2007

Sanchez, Marla C., Carrie A. Webber, Richard E. Brown, and Gregory K. Homan."2008 Status Report - Savings Estimates for the ENERGY STAR Voluntary Labeling Program." (2007).

Sanchez, Marla C., Carrie A. Webber, Richard E. Brown, and Gregory K. Homan."2007 Status Report - Savings Estimates for the ENERGY STAR Voluntary Labeling Program." (2007) 38.

Sanchez, Marla C., Carrie A. Webber, Richard E. Brown, and Gregory K. Homan."2005 Status Report - Savings Estimates for the ENERGY STAR Voluntary Labeling Program." (2007) 35.

2006

Brown, Richard E., William Rittelmann, Danny S. Parker, and Gregory K. Homan."Appliances, Lighting, Electronics, and Miscellaneous Equipment Electricity Use in New Homes."2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 9 (2006) 9-37: 9-48.

Sanchez, Marla C., Carrie A. Webber, Richard E. Brown, John F. Busch, Margaret J. Pinckard, and Judy A. Roberson."Space Heaters, Computers, Cell Phone Chargers: How Plugged In Are Commercial Buildings?."2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 9 (2006) 9-304: 9-315.

Webber, Carrie A., Richard E. Brown, Marla C. Sanchez, and Gregory K. Homan."2006 Status Report - Savings Estimates for the ENERGY STAR Voluntary Labeling Program." (2006) 38.

2005

Pinckard, Margaret J., Richard E. Brown, Evan Mills, James D. Lutz, Mithra M. Moezzi, Celina S. Atkinson, Christopher A. Bolduc, Gregory K. Homan, and Katie Coughlin."Documentation of Calculation Methodology, Input Data, and Infrastructure for the Home Energy Saver Web Site." (2005) 108.

2004

Golove, William H., Richard E. Brown, and Edward Holt."Guide to Purchasing Green Power: Renewable Electricity, Renewable Energy Certificates and On-Site Renewable Generation." (2004).

Golove, William H., Richard E. Brown, and Edward Holt."Guide to Purchasing Green Power: Renewable Electricity, Renewable Energy Certificates and On-Site Renewable Generation." (2004).

Roberson, Judy A., Carrie A. Webber, Marla C. McWhinney, Richard E. Brown, Margaret J. Pinckard, and John F. Busch."After-hours Power Status of Office Equipment and Energy Use of Miscellaneous Plug-Load Equipment." (2004) 38.

McWhinney, Marla C., Gregory K. Homan, Richard E. Brown, Judy A. Roberson, Bruce Nordman, and John F. Busch."Field Power Measurements of Imaging Equipment." (2004).

Webber, Carrie A., Richard E. Brown, and Marla C. McWhinney."2004 Status Report: Savings Estimates for the ENERGY STAR Voluntary Labeling Program." (2004).